Associated Press
The Top 25 roundup …
PITTSBURGHó Sam Young scored 31 points and No. 3 Pittsburgh likely secured one of the top seeds in the NCAA tournament, opening up a 14-point lead early in the second half before holding off top-ranked Connecticut 70-60 on Saturday.
Pitt (28-3, 15-3 Big East) had never beaten a No. 1-ranked team in school history, only to accomplish it twice in less than a month ó both times against Connecticut (27-3, 15-3).
Young scored 56 points in the wins over UConn, getting 25 in the 76-68 victory on Feb. 16.
No. 4 Oklahoma 82, Oklahoma St. 78NORMAN, Okla. ó Blake Griffin scored 33 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to set a Big 12 season record and Oklahoma claimed the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.
Griffin moved past Kansas’ Drew Gooden for the season record with 425 rebounds. He notched his 25th double-double for the Sooners (27-4, 13-3), who had lost three of four.
Oklahoma State’s James Anderson scored 37 points for the Cowboys (20-10, 9-7).
No. 5 Memphis 74, Tulane 47MEMPHIS, Tenn. ó Robert Dozier had 16 points and 12 rebounds as three Memphis players recorded double-doubles, and the Tigers extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 22 games.
Tyreke Evans had 17 points and 10 rebounds and for the Tigers (28-3, 16-0 Conference USA).
Memphis, which won its 58th straight C-USA game including the postseason, finished its third consecutive unbeaten regular season in conference play.
No. 6 Louisville 62, West Virginia 59
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ó Terrence Williams scored 20 points and No. 6 Louisville clinched the Big East regular-season title Saturday night, beating West Virginia 62-59.
Louisville (25-5, 16-2) held on to earn the top seed in the conference tournament, taking advantage of third-ranked Pittsburgh’s 70-60 win over No. 1 Connecticut.
Freshman Kevin Jones scored a season-high 19 points for West Virginia (21-10, 10-8).
No. 9 Kansas 83, Texas 73LAWRENCE, Kan. ó Sherron Collins had 21 points and seven assists, and Kansas claimed its fifth straight Big 12 title.
The Jayhawks (25-6, 14-2) left no doubt against Texas (20-10, 9-7), pulling away down the stretch to extend the nation’s longest home winning streak to 41 games.
Auburn 69, No. 12 LSU 53AUBURN, Ala. ó Korvotney Barber had 16 points and 17 rebounds as Auburn won for the seventh time in eight games.
Auburn (21-10, 10-6 Southeastern Conference) scored 42 points in the paint and outrebounded the regular-season champions 45-37.
Marcus Thornton had 23 points for LSU (25-6, 13-3).
No. 25 Syracuse 86, No. 13 Marquette 79, OTMILWAUKEE ó Jonny Flynn scored 20 of his 24 points after halftime and Syracuse won in overtime, handing the Golden Eagles their fourth straight loss without injured guard Dominic James.
Andy Rautins added 20 points for the Orange (23-8, 11-7 Big East), who took control in overtime after allowing Marquette to rally from a seven-point deficit in the final 5 minutes of regulation.
Jerel McNeal scored 25 points for the Golden Eagles (23-8, 12-6) in the final home appearance for Marquette’s highly regarded trio of senior guards: McNeal, James and Wesley Matthews. James is out for the season with a broken bone in his foot, an injury he sustained in the opening minutes of the Golden Eagles’ Feb. 25 loss to Connecticut.
Texas A&M 96, No. 15 Missouri 86COLLEGE STATION, Texas ó Donald Sloan scored 16 points and Texas A&M fought off a late rally for its sixth straight victory.
The Aggies (23-8, 9-7 Big 12) were up by 26 points with about 16 minutes remaining. But Missouri (25-6, 12-4) went on two separate runs to whittle the lead. The second one was an 11-4 stretch that made it 81-71 with about 5 minutes left.
No. 16 Washington 67, Washington St. 60SEATTLE ó Quincy Pondexter scored 16 points and Jon Brockman tied his career high with 18 rebounds in his final home game to lead Washington to its first outright conference championship since 1953.
The Huskies (24-7, 14-4) won their first Pac-10 outright title, and first outright championship in any league since winning the Pacific Coast Conference 56 years ago.
Taylor Rochestie overcame a cold start to score 23 points for Washington State (16-14, 8-10).
Richmond 80, No. 17 Xavier 75RICHMOND, Va. ó Kevin Anderson scored a career-high 29 points and Justin Harper had 20 points for the Spiders (17-14, 9-7 Atlantic 10), who shot 50.9 percent and were 19-of-23 from the line. Jarhon Giddings added 12 points.
Derrick Brown had 16 points for Xavier (24-6, 12-4).
No. 20 UCLA 94, Oregon 68LOS ANGELES ó Josh Shipp scored a career-high 28 points and Darren Collison added 19 for UCLA.
The Bruins (24-7, 13-5) finished as the No. 2 seed for next week’s Pac-10 tournament.
No. 21 Arizona St. 83, California 66TEMPE, Ariz. ó Jeff Pendergraph had 27 points and 10 rebounds in his final home game and Arizona State snapped a three-game losing streak.
James Harden, the Pac-10’s leading scorer, had 20 points for the Sun Devils (22-8, 11-7).
Jerome Randle scored 24 points for Cal (22-9, 11-7).
No. 22 Butler 62, Wright State 57INDIANAPOLIS ó Horizon League player of the year Matt Howard had 24 points in the conference tournament semifinals.
The Bulldogs (26-4) tied Detroit’s league record with 26 tournament wins and will try to match the league record of ex-member Xavier by winning a sixth title Tuesday night.